Tropheryma whipplei Infective Endocarditis as the Only Manifestation of Whipple's Disease
- 1 June 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 45 (6) , 2078-2081
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.00096-07
Abstract
Here we describe a case of infective endocarditis caused by Tropheryma whipplei in a patient with no other symptoms of Whipple's disease. The case was diagnosed using broad-range PCR and confirmed by specific PCRs. We review the cases of infective endocarditis presenting as the only manifestation of Whipple's disease reported in the literature.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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